Calculate the pH and pOH of an aqueous solution with [H3O+] = 1.7 × 10–8 M.

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Question restatement: You are asked to calculate the pH and pOH for an aqueous solution with [H3O+] = 1.7 × 10^−8 M.

First, convert the hydronium concentration to pH. By definition, pH = −log10([H3O+]). Here, [H3O+] = 1.7 × 10^−8 M, so log10(1.7 × 10^−8) = log10(1.7) + log10(10^−8) = 0.2304 − 8 = −7.7696. Taking the negative gives pH ≈ 7.7696, which rounds to 7.77.

Next, determine pOH. The relationship between pH and pOH at 25 °C is pH + pOH = 14. Thus, pOH = 14 − pH ≈ 14 − 7.7696 = 6.2304, which rounds to 6.23.

An alternative check uses the water autoionization constant: Kw = [H3O+][OH−] = 1.0 × 10^−14 at 25 °C, so [OH−] = Kw / [H3O+] = (1.0 × 10^−14) / (1.7 × 10^−8) ≈ 5.88 × 10^−7 M. Then pOH = −log10([OH−]) ≈ −log10(5.88 × 10^−7) ≈ 6.230, consistent with the previous calculation.

Context note: A pH of 7 is neutral at 25 °C; since the given pH is slightly above 7, the solution is very mildly basic, which is consistent with [H3O+] being less than 1 × 10^−7 M. The pOH being slightly below 7 aligns with a small but nonzero concentration of hydroxide ions in solution.

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Calculate the pH and pOH of an aqueous solution with [H3O+] = 1.7 × 10–8 M.

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